Week In Review Year End Wrap Now Online

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Holiday Vacation Schedule

We are taking our annual end of year vacation break. The next News Update will be posted Tuesday, January 3.

Happy holidays!

December 16 News Update

Feds give 20 more years to Glen Canyon Dam on Colorado River
Inside the largest Earth science event: 'The time has never been more urgent'
Feeling a Chill? Blame the Polar Vortex. And Global Warming *


On January 21, 2017 we will unite  for the Women's March on Washington

A Historic Deal for Airport Workers
New Union Contract for New York City Area Airports Does Not Cover Wages *

MTA Workers Union Express Their Labor Concerns with Post-It Notes
EU prepares for Brexit talks
Raises for state workers: Maintenance union, psychiatric techs make deals
Bill Would Require Workers Under 18 to Get Parents’ Consent to Join a Union
UIHC construction company accused of shorting workers' pay
Unions, activists and officials react to Trump’s labor secretary pick
Why Trump’s exaggeration about Carrier jobs matters
In Election Squeaker, Teamsters United Nearly Topples Hoffa
Donald Trump's Israel ambassador is pro-settlement bankruptcy lawyer
Southern cancels all services as strike continues for third day
Labour plans Jeremy Corbyn relaunch to ride anti-establishment wave

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December 15 News Update

Oil and gas industry will amass power in Trump’s Washington
Trump's transition: sceptics guide every agency dealing with climate change

Waging War: Labor Tensions Flare at Yale and Harvard
MLB owners, players ratify labor deal through 2021
Assembly approves raises for two union workers in legal dispute
Student workers seek unionization
TransAsia fails to meet labor union's demands
Texas state booklet misleads women on abortions
Vladimir Putin 'personally involved' in US hack, report claims
How Moscow Aimed a Perfect Weapon at the U.S. Election *
Republicans in North Carolina Seek Caps on Governor’s Power *
Israel’s Parliament Draws a Line on Short Hemlines *
Trump Firm Quits Brazil Hotel Project That Was Named in Criminal Inquiry *
Obama Bars States From Denying Federal Money to Planned Parenthood *
Uber Self-Driving Car Service to San Francisco. DMV Says It’s Illegal *
2 Former Drug Executives Charged With Price Fixing *

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December 14 News Update

Jane Fonda targets Trump over climate and inequality
GM delivers first Chevrolet Bolts, sparking electric car price race
Reversing Course, E.P.A. Says Fracking Can Contaminate Drinking Water *
America’s First Offshore Wind Farm Spins to Life *


Unions Shift Focus to State and Local Government

Protests Erupt Across Brazil as Senate Approves Austerity Measure *
Brazil senate approves austerity package to freeze social spending for 20 years

Missouri labor union leader seeks to ban right-to-work laws
Union winning fight for domestic workers
Unhappy Russians nostalgic for Soviet-style rule – study
French parliament votes to extend state of emergency until after 2017 elections
Thousands protest against rightwing government in Poland
NLRB supports workers in long struggle for contract at Mayo Clinic
Labor Movie Night features 'Cradle Will Rock'
Part of German autobahn shut after WWII anti-tank mine found

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December 13 News Update

Pipeline rupture spews oil into creek 150 miles from Standing Rock


‘It’s Oil or Orcas’
Scientists say reindeer may be shrinking due to warming
Rick Perry Reportedly Is Leading Choice To Head Energy Department
Shell-led consortium to build 700MW offshore Dutch wind farm
Rapid rise in methane emissions in 10 years surprises scientists
Keep it in the ground: five trillion reasons to be happy
Tillerson’s Exxon, Has Billions at Stake Over Sanctions on Russia *


British Post Office workers to stage five days of strikes next week
Southern rail workers to strike over Christmas and new year

Cargo train in China hits workers, killing 6
Rex Tillerson to be Trump's secretary of state
Undocumented People Should Avoid Traveling Abroad, Experts Say
UK must set out plans for transitional deal with EU - lawmakers
Venezuela seizes toys seen as overpriced, will distribute to poor
Trump fills top jobs for his administration
Croatia government and public sector unions fail to sign pay deal
As Trump takes aim at unions, labor's clout sags in Missouri
Frank Rosen, labor leader and political activist, dies at 91
Unions slam nomination of fast food exec as Labor Secretary
RNs at Florida Medical Center, Palmetto General, Approve New Contracts
Japan builds a Fight for $15 movement of its own
A Prosecutor Sets Penalties and Fills Coffers *
Record Number of Journalists Jailed in 2016, Press Advocacy Group Says *
Trump’s Education Nominee Bent Detroit to Her Will on Charter Schools *
M.T.A. Races to Finish 2nd Avenue Subway as Deadline Looms *

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December 12 News Update

Donald Trump, in Louisiana, Says He Will End Energy Regulations *
Trump's EPA Pick: A Climate Denier With Disdain for the Agency He'll Helm
History Reveals Greenland Ice Might Melt Much Faster Than Believed
Big Win for Dakota Pipeline Opponents, But Bigger Battle Looms
Reindeer shrink as climate change in Arctic puts their food on ice    
Thousands of Invisible Oil Spills Are Destroying The Gulf

An Alt-Right Makeover Shrouds the Swastikas *
How the Twinkie Made the Superrich Even Richer *  
More U.S. Factory Workers Are Saying ‘I Quit’
Columbia University TAs and RAs vote overwhelmingly to join UAW
Fight looms over future of Social Security, Medicare
EU, Cuba normalise ties after decades-long rift
Abortion Foes Promise ‘Onslaught’ of Tough Restrictions *

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December 9 News Update

EPA fears 'unprecedented disaster' for environment over Scott Pruitt pick
Scott Pruitt's EPA: a dream for oil and gas firms is nightmare for environment
Potential Export-Import Bank deals pose grave environmental threat
E.P.A. Pick Won’t Undo All Climate Efforts, Experts Say *
Mapping Three Decades of Global Water Change *
North Dakota Could Be Biggest Loser in Ruling Against Oil Pipeline *

Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Trump’s attack on a union leader will come back to haunt him
‘Cyberbullying’ of Union Leader on Twitter Draws Fire *

Contract workers at National, Dulles airports vote to strike
Andrew Puzder criticized as 'cruel and baffling' choice for labor secretary
Georgetown students occupy president's office as part of Nike protest
Women's March on Washington won't have access to Lincoln Memorial
Worried Auto Industry Braces for Change Under Trump *

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December 8 Week In Review Now Online

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December 8 News Update

Standing Rock activists wait out heavy snows with 'fire cider' and songs
Paris bans cars for second day running as pollution chokes city
Thousands of snow geese die in Montana after landing on contaminated water
UK slashes number of Foreign Office climate change staff
An Enemy of the E.P.A. *
Giraffes facing extinction after devastating decline, experts warn

GOP plans new assault on unions
Riverhead Town settles contract with town workers’ labor union
SEIU's Texas branch files for bankruptcy
A Home Base for Temp Worker Organizing
Ohio legislators pass restrictive abortion bill, citing Trump victory
US Border Patrol uses desert as ‘weapon’ to kill thousands of migrants
Revealed: Rio Tinto's plan to use drones to monitor workers' private lives
Tata Steel agrees deal with union chiefs to save 8,000 UK jobs
Trump Picks Twitter Fight With Union Local Chief in Indiana *

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December 7 News Update

Nurses Donate $50,000 to Aid Veterans Stand with Standing Rock
Pipeline opponents ride out storm in shelters, casino
Dakota Access company takes its battle to finish oil pipeline to court

Google to be powered 100% by renewable energy from 2017
Climate Change Will Bring Wetter Storms in U.S., Study Says *

A Dilemma for Humanity: Stark Inequality or Total War *
Half of U.S. Got Nothing Even as Economy Doubled *
Cuba, U.S. to discuss detente in wake of Trump election
Italian voters reject authoritarian proposal
Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement at Antelope Valley Hospital
Nearly half of central Minnesota job openings are part-time
Saudis Bankroll Taliban, Even as King Officially Supports Afghan Government *

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December 6 News Update

Standing Rock protesters asked to 'go home' by Sioux leader
Standing Rock activists stay in place, fearing pipeline victory was a 'trick'
Veterans at Standing Rock Cheer a Blocked Pipeline *
Oil Pipelines: Converging in Illinois

Polar sea ice the size of India vanishes in record heat
Trump, ex-Vice President Gore meet, discuss climate policy
Towards a Working-Class Environmentalism
Trudeau, More Dangerous to Environment than Harper?
Al Gore: climate change threat leaves 'no time to despair' over Trump victory


Fight For 15: ‘We’re Not Backing Down’

Trump Will Be a 'Severe Disappointment To Millions'
German Leaders at Odds with Industry over Electric Cars
Prosecutors plan to retry police officer
South Korean Protests Growing
New House labor committee chair questions need for unions
Politics, Poverty, Privatization, Globalization Issues for BC Union Movement
Teamsters, elected officials call out 'shady Finish Line Express
Labor Department appeals ban on overtime expansion
To Kill a Mockingbird removed from Virginia schools for racist language
United by Fear, U.S. Muslims and Jews Join Hands *
Life in Obamacare’s Dead Zone *

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December 5 News Update

Standing Rock: US denies key permit for Dakota Access pipeline, a win for tribe
'We opened eyes': at Standing Rock, my fellow Native Americans make history
The victory at Standing Rock could mark a turning point
Standing Rock Pipeline Protesters, Ordered to Leave, Dig In *
Cuba-Trained Doctors Head to Standing Rock
How the World’s Big Banks Are Putting Rain Forests in Peril *
Climate scientists condemn article claiming global temperatures are falling
Trump supports Dakota pipeline – but claims it's not due to his investment in it

California seeks to block state-employee strike on Monday
Janitors call on Kohl’s to meet, apologize for attack on demonstrators
Canadian Journalist’s Detention at U.S. Border Raises Press Freedom Alarms *
Everything you need to know about Trump and the Indiana Carrier factory
Athens 1944: Britain’s dirty secret
Why It Will Be Hard to Repeal Obamacare *
Pratt Workers Approve Contract With Wage Increases, Pension Changes
NextEra Energy reaches labor deal at Seabrook
Big Telecom Union Targeting Wireless Workers in 2017
Public employee union files lawsuit to stop Rauner contract terms
Westmoreland County workers reject proposed labor contract
Italian PM Matteo Renzi resigns after referendum defeat
Austria rejects far-right candidate Norbert Hofer in presidential election

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December 2 Week In Review

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December 2 News Update

What’s Going on at Standing Rock?


Frank Rosen, Longtime UE Leader, Dies at 91

In Texas, New Obstacles for Those Seeking Abortions *
Planned Parenthood and ACLU mount abortion law challenges in three states

Good cheer for South Africa’s winery workers
Employers Battling NYC Labor Unions are Expecting Tide to Change
Westmoreland County employees to vote on new labor contract
Court workers reach tentative labor agreement with state
Show Ready accused of not paying employee contributions to labor union
Supreme Court may rule whether workers get paid last in bankruptcies
Artist Ricardo Levins Morales holds holiday sale Saturday
Chicago airport workers fight unfair labor practices, demand $15 and a union
Trump Chooses an Outspoken Ex-Marine to Lead Defense *
Immigration Courts Buckling After Years of Stalled Cases *
U.S. Economy Added 178,000 Jobs in November; Unemployment Rate at 4.6% *
Trump Cheered for Carrier Deal Even as Other Jobs Are Trimmed *

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December 1 News Update

'Bogus charges': Standing Rock activists say they face campaign of legal bullying
Veterans to Serve as ‘Human Shields’ for Dakota Pipeline Protesters *
Global Climate Justice Movements Refuse to Be Overshadowed
How Obama's climate change legacy is weakened by US investment in dirty fuel
Trump and the GOP may be trying to kneecap climate research
EU targets energy waste and coal subsidies in new climate package
A Wrenching Choice for Alaska Towns in the Path of Climate Change *
Despite Climate Change Vow, China Pushes to Dig More Coal *

Cubans cheer Castro's ashes on last journey across island
To so many Africans, Fidel Castro is a hero. Here’s why

Labor prepares to defend its victories on higher wages and worker rights
UPMC hourly workers strike to protest wages, union rights
Hate crimes in Britain linked to Brexit campaign
Oil, dollar and bond yields sharply higher after OPEC deal
Breitbart declares war on Kellogg's after cereal brand pulls advertising from site
MLB players, owners reach tentative labor deal
Trump Cabinet Choices Signal Embrace of Wall St. Elite *
As Auto Lending Rises, So Do Delinquencies *

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